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In this paper, we present new applications of our general minimax theorems. In particular, one of them concerns the multiplicity of global minima for the integral functional of the Calculus of Variations.
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The author has been supported by the Gruppo Nazionale per l’Analisi Matematica, la Probabilità e le loro Applicazioni (GNAMPA) of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (INdAM) and by the Università degli Studi di Catania, “Piano della Ricerca 2016/2018 Linea di intervento 2”.
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Ricceri, B. Miscellaneous Applications of Certain Minimax Theorems II. Acta Math Vietnam 45, 515–524 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40306-020-00369-z
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